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Admission-cum-Scholarship Test
(Sample Paper)
(Foundation VIII Classroom Course-2015)

(Syllabus of the Test : Science & Mathematics of Class VII)

Roll No.: ______________________

Test Booklet Code :

Time : 1 Hrs.

Max.Marks : 240

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES

1. The initial 10 minutes are earmarked for the candidates to carefully read the instructions. (Note : The
candidates are not allowed to either look inside the question booklet or start answering during these
initial 10 minutes.)
2. The question booklet and the answer sheet are issued separately at the start of the examination.
3. This question booklet contains 60 questions.
4. Read each question carefully.
5. Determine the correct answer, one out of the four available choices given under each question.
6. It is mandatory to use a Ball Point Pen to darken the appropriate circle in the answer sheet.
7. For each correct answer, four marks will be awarded. There is no negative marking.
For Example
Q. 12 in the Question Booklet is : Which one is known as black gold?
(Answer Sheet)
(1) Old gold

Q.12. 

(2) Petroleum
(3) Silver
(4) Coal
Thus as the correct answer is choice 2, the candidate should darken completely (with a blue/black Ball
point pen only) the circle corresponding to choice 2 against Question No. 12 on the Answer Sheet. If
more than one circle is darkened for a given question such answer will be rejected.
8. Do not use white-fluid or any other rubbing material on the answer sheet. No change in the answer once
marked is allowed. Before handing over the answer sheet to the invigilator, the candidate should check
that Roll No. and Test-Booklet code have been filled and marked correctly.
9. Rough work should be done only on the space provided in the question booklet.
10. Immediately after the prescribed examination time is over, the Answer sheet and Question booklet
are to be returned to the invigilator. If the candidate wants to leave the examination hall before time,
he/she should hand over the question paper and answer sheet to the invigilator. However, no student can
leave the examination hall before half time.

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Sample Paper

SCIENCE
Choose the correct answer :
1.

6.

Match the following.

Column I

Column II

a. RBCs

i.

Clotting of blood

b. WBCs

ii.

Fluid part of the blood

c. Platelets

iii. Fight germs

d. Plasma

iv. Transport oxygen

During inhalation, which of the following conditions

occur?
(a) Ribs move up
(b) Ribs move down
(c) Diaphragm moves up
(d) Diaphragm moves down
(e) Chest cavity increases

(1) a(iii), b(iv), c(ii) & d(i)

(f) Chest cavity decreases

(2) a(iii), b(iv), c(i) & d(ii)

(3) a(iv), b(i), c(ii) & d(iii)
(4) a(iv), b(iii), c(i) & d(ii)
2.

5.

(3) a, d and e

(4) c, b and f

The urine in the body is transferred from kidney to

the organ P by tube like structures Q. P and Q are
(1) Urinary bladder and Ureters, respectively

(1) Oxygen and nitrogen

(2) Gall bladder and Urethra, respectively

(2) Chlorophyll and nitrogen

(3) Chlorophyll and sunlight
(4) Sunlight and nitrogen

(4) Air bladder and Ureters, respectively

4.

(2) d, b and e

Carbon dioxide + Water Carbohydrate + Energy

Which of the following are required for the above
reaction to occur?

7.

(3) Urinary bladder and Urethra, respectively

3.

(1) a, f and c

8.

The process of intake of food is known as

(1) Egestion

(2) Ingestion

(3) Digestion

(4) Absorption

9.

In cockroaches, exchange of gases occurs through

(1) Spiracles

(2) Tracheae

(3) Lungs

(4) Skin

(1) Fungus

(2) Virus

The secretion of largest digestive gland of the body

which plays an important role in the digestion of
fats is stored in

(3) Protozoa

(4) Alga

(1) Gall bladder

(2) Pancreas

(3) Liver

(4) Stomach

The chlorophyll containing partner of lichen is

Select the incorrect statement.

10. Which of the following animals release uric acid as

waste product from their body?

(1) Xylem and phloem are the two vascular tissues

(2) Transpiration helps in cooling of the plant

(1) Lizards and birds

(3) The transpiration creates a suction pull that helps

in upward movement of water through xylem

(2) Humans and fish

(3) Fish and snakes

(4) The evaporation of water occurs through alveoli

present on the surface of roots

(4) Frog and fish

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(2) 37C

(3) 32F

(4) 80F

12. Sea breeze blows during

(1)

(1) Day
(2) Night

(2)

Distance

(1) 25C

Distance

18. Which of the following distance time graphs

corresponds to an object at rest?

11. The normal temperature of human body is

Time

Time

(3) Winters only

(1) Wax

(2) Steel

(3) Wood

(4) Mercury

(3)

(4)

Distance

13. Which of the following, would you prefer to make

the handle of a cooking pan?

Distance

(4) Summers only

Time

Time

19. Mark the incorrect statement among the following.

14. High speed winds blow away weak roofs because

(1) Speed of an object is given by the distance

travelled by it per unit time

(1) Pressure below the roofs decreases

(2) A nano second is one billionth of a second

(2) Pressure above the roofs increases

(3) The motion in a straight line is called uniform

motion

(3) Pressure above the roofs decreases

(4) Pressure difference becomes zero

(4) An oscillating simple pendulum undergoes

periodic motion

15. The centre of a cyclone is a region of

20. A person driving a car observes the readings of its

odometer in a time gap of 15 minutes to be
36580 km and 36590 km. The average speed of the
car in this time period is

(1) Low pressure

(2) High pressure
(3) High temperature
(4) Low temperature
16. The instrument used to measure wind speed is
called
(1) Odometer

(2) Speedometer

(3) Anemometer

(4) Barometer

(2) 5 m

(3) 3 m

(4) 2 m

(2) 40 km/h

(3) 20 km/h

(4) 5 km/h

21. The colour of litmus paper in distilled water is

(1) Red

(2) Mauve

(3) Blue

(4) Green

22. Which of the following solutions is not basic in

nature?

17. A boy goes straight for 2 s at a speed of 2 m/s.

He then turns back and moves for 2 s at speed
0.5 m/s. How far is he from the starting point now?
(1) 1 m

(1) 10 km/h

(1) Lime water solution

(2) Baking soda solution
(3) Common salt solution
(4) Milk of magnesia solution

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Sample Paper
28. Consider the following statements.

23. A drop of vinegar is added to phenolphthalein

indicator and its colour gets changed into
(1) Colourless

(2) Pink

(3) Yellow

(4) Blue

I.

Burning is a chemical change

II.

Burning is always accompanied by production

of heat

Choose the correct option.

24. Sericulture is
(1) Sheep rearing

(2) Bee keeping

(1) Statement I is correct, statement II is incorrect

(3) Fish culture

(4) Silk worm rearing

(2) Statement I is incorrect, statement II is correct

(3) Both the statements are correct

25. Neutralisation reaction results in the formation of

(1) Salt and acid

(2) Acid and water

(3) Salt and acid

(4) Salt and water

(4) Both the statements are incorrect

29. The gas produced when vinegar is added to baking
soda solution is

26. Which of the following is not a physical change?

(1) Carbon dioxide

(1) Conversion of water into vapours

(2) Oxygen

(2) Souring of milk

(3) Hydrogen

(3) Dissolution of sugar in water

(4) Sulphur dioxide

(4) Freezing of water

30. The sheared skin of sheep is thoroughly washed in

tanks to remove grease, dust and dirt and the
process is called

27. When an iron nail is placed in a beaker containing

copper sulphate solution for some time, the colour
of the solution turns
(1) Blue to colourless (2) Green to blue
(3) Blue to green

(4) Colourless to green

(1) Scouring

(2) Sorting

(3) Spinning

(4) Shearing

MATHEMATICS
33. Mean of first 10 composite numbers is

31. There are 42 coins in a collection of 20 paise coins

and 25 paise coins. If the total value of the
collection is ` 9.25, then the number of 25 paise
coins is
(1) 15

(2) 17

(3) 20

(4) 25

(1) 11.2

(2) 9.4

(3) 10.8

(4) 11.8

34. The cost of a maths book is ` 38

3
and the cost
4

9
of a science book is ` 27 . By how much is the
2
maths book costlier than the science book?

32. If in PQR, M is a point on the side QR, then

which of the following is true?
(1) PQ + QR + RP < 2PM

1
7

(2) ` 7

1
4

4
7

(4) ` 2

1
8

(1) ` 4

(2) PQ + QR + RP = 2PM
(3) PQ + QR + RP > 2PM

(3) ` 1

(4) PQ + QR + RP 2PM

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35. The perimeter and area of a parallelogram with

equal sides is 36 cm and 90 cm2 respectively. Its
altitude is
(1) 7 cm

(2) 8 cm

(3) 9 cm

(4) 10 cm

41. The price of commodity A increases by 15 paise

every year, while the price of commodity B
increases by 25 paise every year. If in the year
2004, the price of commodity A was `13.5 and that
of B was `10.5, then in which year the price of
commodity B will be equal to the price of
commodity A?

36. A man 180 cm tall is at a distance of 320 cm from

the foot of a light source situated at the top of a
pole. If the total height of the light source and the
pole is 4.2 m, then the shortest distance between
the top of the man and the source of light is
(1) 380 cm

(2) 350 cm

(3) 370 cm

(4) 400 cm

(2) 16

(3) 17

(4) 18

38. "Sum of two integers is less than both the

integers". This is possible only when
(2) Both are negative integers
(3) Larger number is negative and smaller is
positive
(4) Smaller number is negative and larger is
positive

(3)

(2)

2539
840

(4)

2359
840
2359
840

(2) 10%

1
(3) 7 %
2

(4) 8%

(1)

106
m
3

(2)

107
m
5

(3)

158
m
7

(4)

97
m
3

(1) 46 minutes

(2) 45 minutes

(3) 44 minutes

(4) 43 minutes

(1)

0
10
10

(2)

10
0
0

(3)

10
0

0 10

(4)

0
0
10

9
of the
16
principal. If the numbers representing the rate of
interest (in percent) and time (in years) be equal,
then the rate of interest is

45. Simple interest on a certain amount is

40. Raju lent ` 5000 to Mahima for 2 years and ` 3000

to Kittu for 4 years on simple interest at the same
rate of interest and received ` 2200 in all from both
of them as interest. The rate of interest per annum
is
(1) 5%

(4) 2034

44. Which of the following is correct?

4
1
1
1
2
3
39. Value of 3 4 2 3 5 2 is
7
6
3
8
7
5
2539
840

(3) 2033

43. An elevator descends into a mine shaft at the rate

7 m/minute If the descend starts from 15 m above
the ground level, then the time taken by it to reach 307
m below the ground is

(1) Both are positive integers

(1)

(2) 2035

42. If 27 trousers of equal size can be made from

954 m of cloth, then the length of cloth required for
each trouser is

37. If the mean of 5 numbers is 13.6 and on excluding

one number, the mean becomes 13, then the
excluded number is
(1) 15

(1) 2036

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1
(1) 2 %
7

1
(2) 7 %
2

3
(3) 7 %
5

3
(4) 5 %
7

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Sample Paper
50. Raju is two years older than Laxman who is twice
as old as Sita. If the total of the ages of Raju,
Laxman and Sita is 57 years, then the age of
Laxman is

46. How many of the given statements is/are correct?

(a) Rational number 0 is neither positive nor
negative
(b) 1 is neither prime nor composite

p
is in its standard form if p
q
and q have no common divisor

(c) Rational number

(1) 24 years

(2) 22 years

(3) 11 years

(4) 25 years

51. Subtracting 8% of x from x is equivalent to

multiplying x by how much?

(d) To convert a rational number into its equivalent

rational number, either multiply or divide both
its numerator and denominator with any integer

(1) 0.0092

(2) 0.092

(3) 0.92

(4) 0.0952

52. Which of the following is not true?

(1) 4

(2) 3

(1) 1 cm2 = 100 mm2

(3) 2

(4) 1

(2) 1 dm2 = 10000 mm2

(3) 1 hectare = 1000 m2

47. A bag contains 32 balls, of which 7 are red, 8 are

black, 5 are blue and the rest are violet. If the
probability of drawing an 'x' coloured ball is 0.375,
then which colour is represented by 'x'?
(1) Red

(2) Blue

(3) Violet

(4) Black

(4) 1 are = 100 m2

53. In the given figure, if l || m, then the value of x is

l
95

48. In the given figure, the value of 'x' is

A
73

1
2

x
46

B
135

1
8

(1) 118.736

(2) 120.845

(3) 121.365

(4) 119.625

13

p + 1 17

11

f :

(2) 50

(3) 57

(4) 60

54. If in PQR, altitudes QM and RN are equal, then

the given triangle will always be

49. If the mean of the given data is 11.4, then the value
of p is
x:

(1) 45

(1) Isosceles

(2) Scalene

(3) Equilateral

(4) Non-determinable

55. The diameter of a wheel of a car is 70 cm. To

travel 6600 m, the number of revolutions it will make
is

(1) 12

(2) 7

(1) 2000

(2) 3000

(3) 10

(4) 8

(3) 2500

(4) 3500

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56. In the given figure, the value of p is

3
1 p
3
p , then the value
7 p 1 2p

4
2
2

of p is

58. If

C
E

35

53

(2)

(3) 1

(4) 3

115
B

59. Value of

29 (2){6 (7 3)}
3 {5 (3) (2)}

(1) 1

(1) 135
(2) 65

(3)

(3) 153
(4) 27

8
3

(1) 8

is

(2) 2

1
2

(4) 2

60. A shopkeeper sells a bat and a ball, whose marked

price is ` 30 at a discount of 15% and gives a ball
costing ` 1.50 free with each bat. If the shopkeeper
still makes a profit of 20%, then the cost price of
the bat is

57. If for the given data : 21, 25, 36, 48, 92, 64, 17,
19 and 28, the median is M1 and on replacing one
observation 21 by 46, the median becomes M2,
then the difference between M1 and M2 is
(1) 7

(2) 10

(1) ` 32.15

(2) ` 25.25

(3) 12

(4) 8

(3) ` 19.75

(4) ` 18.75

  

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Admission-cum-Scholarship Test
(Sample Paper)
(Foundation VIII Classroom Course-2015)

Answers
1.

(4)

13.

(3)

25.

(4)

37.

(2)

49.

(4)

2.

(1)

14.

(3)

26.

(2)

38.

(2)

50.

(2)

3.

(2)

15.

(1)

27.

(3)

39.

(3)

51.

(3)

4.

(4)

16.

(3)

28.

(3)

40.

(2)

52.

(3)

5.

(4)

17.

(3)

29.

(1)

41.

(4)

53.

(2)

6.

(3)

18.

(2)

30.

(1)

42.

(1)

54.

(1)

7.

(3)

19.

(3)

31.

(2)

43.

(1)

55.

(2)

8.

(2)

20.

(2)

32.

(3)

44.

(4)

56.

(3)

9.

(1)

21.

(2)

33.

(1)

45.

(2)

57.

(4)

10.

(1)

22.

(3)

34.

(2)

46.

(3)

58.

(3)

11.

(2)

23.

(1)

35.

(4)

47.

(3)

59.

(1)

12.

(1)

24.

(4)

36.

(4)

48.

(4)

60.

(3)